Edward hewitt asd john mcaitliffe



EDWARD HEWITT 8L1OHN MBAULIFFE.

improvement in Hair-Pins N0. 115,855, PatentedJuneiS,l8?1.

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" Ja Q EDWARD HEWITT AND JOHN MCAULIFFE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lMPROVEMENT IN HAIR-PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,855, dated June 13, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD HEWITT, and

- J OHN MGAULIFFE, of the city of New York,

in the county and- State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair-Pins; and e do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art coma-ire and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair-pins and it consists in the application of knobs or enlargements to the ends of the prongs, the object of which is to retain them in the hair more securely than they can be without said knobs, as they are now made; nlso,to pneveuttliem from cutting or puncturing the skin, as the pins do when made in the common way, sometimes much to the injury of the wearer, by reason of the poisonous action of the metal, or substances adhering to it, upon the scalp.

The drawing represents two views of hairpins pro vidcd with the improvement which we propose. I p A represents the pin, and B the knobs or enlargements we propose to apply, which we prefer to do by upsetting the ends of the prongs or tines, but which may be done in any other approved way. I

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an improved article of manufacture, hairpins provided with knobs or enlargementson the ends of the prongs, substantially as specified.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 2d day of Illa-y, 187i.

' EDWARD HEWITT.

JOHN MOAULIFFE.

W'itnesses Geo. W. MABEE, '1. B. Mosnnn. 

